[GHC] #7375: Building ghc fails because it is looking for an old version of libgmp

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#7375: Building ghc fails because it is looking for an old version of libgmp
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 Reporter:  mimosa               |          Owner:                  
     Type:  bug                  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal               |      Component:  Compiler        
  Version:  7.4.2                |       Keywords:                  
       Os:  Linux                |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Failure:  Building GHC failed  |       Testcase:                  
Blockedby:                       |       Blocking:                  
  Related:  5743                 |  
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Comment(by mimosa):

 See also #7202, which I discovered after posting the above. The suggestion
 there of symlinking the missing library file might be OK for individual
 users, but not for packaging purposes.

 The discussion of the similar problem with libffi (#5743) makes it clear
 that for many distros, the only acceptable solution is a patch. In my
 case, it seems a "magic library" would be acceptable, but I can't get the
 right version of gmp to build for x86_64.

 The result may be no package - not an outcome that will please anyone. The
 distro in question is Salix, which is backwards-compatible with Slackware,
 so my package would supersede the SlackBuild linked to prominently
 elsewhere on this site (which leaves the user to discover it won't even
 build without the symlink hack).

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7375#comment:1>
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